somethingsomethingafrica

Ok so I made it in to THE chicest african flat EVER!! This is a two story penthouse apartment that this woman from the AWC lives in. It was to die for!! I didn’t take any pictures of the inside, obviously, cuz that would be really creepy of me, but I sure wanted to!! She hosted a Kitchen Shower last Friday. The shower was to collect kitchen items/food to donate to one of the Beach Schools that we’re visiting on wednesday. For some reason I didn’t think much of it and thought it would be at some random conference hall or something and not be very nice…couldn’t have been more wrong. I was being picked up at 9:15am and I decided at 8:00am to slip in a quick run. Got back at 8:35, finished sweating by around 8:45 and just jumped in the shower and then threw on jean shorts, a cotton tank and left with wet hair. #lowmaintenancetara #onlyinafrica

WELL, we pull up to this amazing apartment, and I’m already like oh great..this is not as casual as I thought..I walk in to her beautiful residence and all the ladies (and there were about 7 women there that were right around my age!!..in any given place I’m usually the youngest one by about 15 years) are dressed in gorgeous sundresses, heels, jewelry, make-up and hair done, the food spread is a work of art and then my frumpy ass strolls in looking like I just came from Wal-Mart. I died inside, and almost turned around and just walked out. Like OMG! I have like 3 super cute outfits that would have been perfect for such an event! I walk straight over to the mimosa stand and pour a drink to try and erase my embarrassment and not care. Right, easier said than done. Well, nothing I could do about it, so I just introduced myself to people, pretended in my head that I was dressed entirely different and had a great time. Everyone is pretty nice, however a few were a little stand off ish. But I don’t blame them, they were the cutest ones and they probably were like “who is that in worn out denim shorts, FLIP FLOPS and wet hair. Um, ew.” I have a lot of recovery to do and I will NOT disappoint next time!! I know you all know how this kills me to not be stylishly on point in all social and professional situations. Til next time..